Our Genealogy Helper
Introduction ...
We have a couple of goals for our Gazetteer:
- That it be a tool which helps us with planning our trips.
- We're trying to shape our Gazetteer as a tool to help us understand the community in which our ancestors lived, the community that was part of their daily lives.
- On our trips, we try to visit those places where our ancestors left their footprints.
By learning about Casstown (and the surrounding area) during the time that our ancestors lived, we hope to have a better understanding of both their community and its relationship to their lifes. We hope that this tool helps to give us an insight into their world.
As we add data and organize our Gazetteer to help with our family research, we will be adding to this our Genealogical Helper for Casstown. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.
Neighboring Counties ...
When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.
For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the north.
So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived: their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the east contained birth and death records; the county to the north contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.
If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.
Casstown is located in Miami County.
To see how the shape of Ohio's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Miami County: Champaign, Clark, Darke, Montgomery & Shelby.
Below are the counties that are near Casstown. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Casstown:
- Miami County (The home county of Casstown)
- The following are listed by their distance from Casstown, with the one closest to Casstown listed first.
- Alcony
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Alcony is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alcony
- Troy
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Fletcher
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Fletcher is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fletcher
- Population from the 2020 Census: 486 people
- Tipp City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Conover
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Conover is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conover
- Lena
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Lena is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lena
- Piqua
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Ginghamsburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Ginghamsburg is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ginghamsburg
- Kessler
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Kessler is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kessler
- Ludlow Falls
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Ludlow Falls is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ludlow Falls
- Population from the 2020 Census: 217 people
- Pleasant Hill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Covington
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Auglaize County
- The following are listed by their distance from Casstown, with the one closest to Casstown listed first.
- Minster
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- New Bremen
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Champaign County
- The following are listed by their distance from Casstown, with the one closest to Casstown listed first.
- Christiansburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Saint Paris
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Carysville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Carysville is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carysville
- Millerstown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Millerstown is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millerstown
- Westville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Westville is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westville
- Urbana
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Kingscreek
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Kingscreek is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingscreek
- Powhattan
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Powhattan is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powhattan
- Mutual
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Mutual is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mutual
- Population from the 2020 Census: 102 people
- Mingo
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Mechanicsburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Clark County
- The following are listed by their distance from Casstown, with the one closest to Casstown listed first.
- Dodo
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Dodo is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodo
- New Carlisle
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Dialton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Dialton is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dialton
- North Hampton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- North Hampton is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Hampton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 463 people
- Crystal Lakes
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Crystal Lakes is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Lakes
- Park Layne
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Park Layne is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Layne
- Lawrenceville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Lawrenceville is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrenceville
- Donnelsville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Donnelsville is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donnelsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 260 people
- Tremont City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Green Meadows
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Green Meadows is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Meadows
- Holiday Valley
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Holiday Valley is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holiday Valley
- Eagle City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Eagle City is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle City
- Darke County
- The following are listed by their distance from Casstown, with the one closest to Casstown listed first.
- Gettysburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Gettysburg is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gettysburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 809 people
- Pitsburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Gordon
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Gordon is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 207 people
- Versailles
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Arcanum
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Poplar Ridge
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Poplar Ridge is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Ridge
- Abbottsville
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Abbottsville is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abbottsville
- Ithaca
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Ithaca is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ithaca
- Population from the 2020 Census: 129 people
- Stelvideo
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Stelvideo is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stelvideo
- Frenchtown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Frenchtown is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frenchtown
- Dawn
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Dawn is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dawn
- Greenville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Greene County
- The following are listed by their distance from Casstown, with the one closest to Casstown listed first.
- Fairborn
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Yellow Springs
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Beavercreek
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Clifton
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Trebein
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Trebein is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trebein
- Trebein has also been known as:
- Beaver Station
- Beaver
- Frost Station
- Pickeneyville
- Pinckneyvile
- Pinewood Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Pinewood Village is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinewood Village
- Wilberforce
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Cedarville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Xenia
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Bellbrook
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Logan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Casstown, with the one closest to Casstown listed first.
- Quincy
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- De Graff
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Logansville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Logansville is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logansville
- West Liberty
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Bellefontaine
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Iron City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Iron City is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron City
- Valley Hi
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Valley Hi is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Hi
- Population from the 2020 Census: 221 people
- Zanesfield
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Montgomery County
- The following are listed by their distance from Casstown, with the one closest to Casstown listed first.
- Tadmor ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Tadmor is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tadmor
- Vandalia
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Huber Heights
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Sulphur Grove
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Sulphur Grove is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sulphur Grove
- Union
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Hooks Corner
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Hooks Corner is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooks Corner
- Clayton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Englewood
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Northview
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Northview is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northview
- Northridge
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Northridge is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northridge
- Shiloh
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Shiloh is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh
- Phillipsburg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Phillipsburg is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phillipsburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 550 people
- Preble County
- The following are listed by their distance from Casstown, with the one closest to Casstown listed first.
- Verona
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Euphemia
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Euphemia is located in Preble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Euphemia
- Lewisburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- West Manchester
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Ingomar
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Ingomar is located in Preble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingomar
- West Alexandria
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Eldorado
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Eldorado is located in Preble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eldorado
- Population from the 2020 Census: 490 people
- Shelby County
- The following are listed by their distance from Casstown, with the one closest to Casstown listed first.
- Lockington
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Lockington is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 133 people
- Pasco
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Pasco is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pasco
- Sidney
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Hardin
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Hardin is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardin
- Dawson
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Dawson is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dawson
- Riverside
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Riverside is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
- Port Jefferson
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Russia
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Maplewood
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Maplewood is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplewood
- Anna
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Fort Laramie
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Filburns Island
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Filburns Island is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Filburns Island
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Casstown, see our County-by-County Page for Casstown.
Cemeteries Near Casstown ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Casstown.
This is a new section and is likely to have errors. If you find an error, such as a missing cemetery or we have the wrong name, please let us know. If you know of them, we would also appreciate learning about previous or alternate names.
Although we don't have the information ourselves, if you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our list of websites on our Genealogy Helper Page for Casstown - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Casstown covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Casstown, with the one closest to Casstown listed first.
- Casstown Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Lewis Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Lost Creek Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Staunton Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Saunders Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Knoop Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Bright Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Youtsey Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Meek Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Sodom Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Riverside Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Rose Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Continue List (545 more) ...
- Kyle Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Johnston Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Raper Chapel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
Nearby Communities in 1895 ...
We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.<3>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Casstown had a population of 292 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service. In 2020, Casstown had a population of 277 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Casstown, with the one closest to Casstown listed first.
- Grayson
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Grayson is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grayson
- Alcony
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Alcony is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alcony
- Troy
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Christiansburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Eldean
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Eldean is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eldean
- Fletcher
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Fletcher is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fletcher
- Population from the 2020 Census: 486 people
- Farrington
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Farrington is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farrington
- Lena
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Lena is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lena
- Conover
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Conover is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conover
- West Charleston
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- West Charleston is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Charleston
- Dodo
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Dodo is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodo
- Ginghamsburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Ginghamsburg is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ginghamsburg
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- New Carlisle
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Piqua
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Kessler
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Kessler is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kessler
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Casstown. See our List of 1890's Communities around Casstown.
Newspapers Published in Casstown ...
An ongoing effort between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has resulted in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).
To share their results, the partnership has created the Chronicling America website. The goal of this partnership is to assemble a database about the current and historic newspapers of the United States. This includes a growing collection of scanned images from selected papers. All of it available to the public on their website.
Using information that we've taken from the Chronicling America website, we've identified 126 newspapers that have been published in the area around Casstown.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Casstown, there are papers which were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Casstown.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites either offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.
To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Casstown:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Miami County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Auglaize County
- Champaign County
- Clark County
- Darke County
- Greene County
- Logan County
- Montgomery County
- Preble County
- Shelby County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Ohio
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com. |
| <3> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Casstown, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Casstown) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |